Wallace W. and Julia B. Sanders Lab Dedication Ceremony
More than 85 people attended the dedication ceremony for the Wallace W. and Julia B. Sanders Laboratory (130 Town Engineering) on April 20, 2006. The ceremony celebrated the lab’s renovation.
A portion of the floor was removed so that a structural tie-down floor could be constructed. The new floor has 68 anchor points—each of which can resist 300,000 pounds of force.
The 15-foot by 70-foot reinforced concrete tie-down floor required close to 200 cuyd of concrete to complete. Wallace and Julia Sanders gave the lead gift for the renovation.
The College of Engineering Dean Mark Kushner, Wallace Sanders, David Sanders, and Justin Doornink (doctoral student) spoke at the ceremony.
David Sanders, son of Wallace and Julia and structural engineering professor at the University of Nevada-Reno, spoke about the importance of good facilities—both for research and showing prospective students engineering in action.
Other donors included
- John and Carole Sanders
- David and Tina Sanders Family
- Linda Sanders
- Shuck-Britson Inc. Consulting Engineers
- John Deere Ottumwa Plant
- Robert A. and Barbara Britson
- Sam and Pam Easterling
- Lowell and Jane Greimann
- Max and Monica Porter
- Alvaro and Dayra Testa
- HNTB, Inc employees with a company match
Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, 394 Town Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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